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The Case of Children Deportation from Ukraine to Russia
“He Was Buried in a Day Like a Dog”
The story of the life and death of Oleksandr Yakushchenko, a teenager who was taken from Ukraine to Russia and committed suicide in his foster home
24 December
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
News
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Defense Minister Andrei Belousov Said That in 2024, More Than 427 Thousand People Were Recruited for a Contract. Is This True?
IStories explain why this number may be overstated
18:11 - 16 December
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The Case of Children Deportation from Ukraine to Russia
How the War Destroyed the Orphanage in Oleshky
Oleshky Specialized Boarding School was one of the best institutions in Ukraine for children with special needs. It is still unknown what happened to some of its residents.
23 October
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
News
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Judges Versus Migrants
In the first half of 2024, Russian courts fined migrants a record amount and ordered 86,000 foreigners to be expelled from Russia
09:40 - 21 October
News
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Russia Plans to Recruit at Least 225,000 People on Contract with the Defense Ministry in the Next Three Years
This follows from the draft expenditure budget for 2025–2027
13:51 - 4 October
News
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The Pace of Contract Soldier Recruitment in 2024 Has Accelerated by at Least 6 Times Compared to Last Year
This follows from data on federal budget expenditures for one-time payments for the contract signing
16:56 - 9 September
Stories
More Soldiers at All Costs
The Russian army could recruit one and a half times fewer new contract soldiers than the Defense Ministry claims. Are Russians willingly going to war? A research by IStories and CIT
1 August
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
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Sonya Savina
Stories
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The Case of Children Deportation from Ukraine to Russia
“Now You Will See How Interesting It is in Russia”
Russia’s Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova and her sister are deporting disabled Ukrainians from occupied territories against their will — an act which may constitute a war crime.
26 April
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
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Viktoriia Novikova
Stories
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The Case of Children Deportation from Ukraine to Russia
“I Want to Go Home”
Hundreds of children who were taken from Donbas to Russia are stuck in the Russian orphan system. An investigation by IStories and Verstka
3 April
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
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Anna Ryzhkova
Stories
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The Case of Children Deportation from Ukraine to Russia
How Russian Parliamentary Leader Sergey Mironov and His New Wife Adopted a Child Kidnapped from Ukraine and Changed Her Identity
An investigation by IStories
23 November
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
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Dmitry Velikovsky
Stories
Who Is Russia Pushing on Ukraine’s Annexed Territories’ Sham Elections?
IStories and Conflict Intelligence Team analyzed the electoral lists of DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya Oblasts and found Kremlin-linked officials, a mobilized soldier, and people involved in war and corruption crimes
28 August
Sonya Savina
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Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
Stories
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The Case of Children Deportation from Ukraine to Russia
To Kidnap and Russify
IStories found almost 2.5 thousand orphans who may have been forcibly deported from Ukraine to Russia. Here’s how the authorities kidnap Ukrainian children and try to raise them as Russians
31 May
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
Stories
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The Case of Russian Censorship
Faces of Censorship
IStories found out who and why works for Russia’s main censor
2 March
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
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Rina Nikolaeva
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Alisa Kuznetsova
Stories
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The Case of Russian Censorship
The All-Seeing State Eye
Who found themselves in Roskomnadzor, the main Russian censor’s, sights, and why: potential “foreign agents”, opinion leaders, the media, tech giants, messaging apps and those close to powerful people. Enemies are blocked, while loyalists are saved from unflattering publications
8 February
Alesya Marokhovskaya
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Polina Uzhvak
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Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
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Irina Dolinina
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Sonya Savina
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Rina Nikolaeva
Stories
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The Case of Russian Censorship
Inside the Censorship Machine
Roskomnadzor plans to arrange total surveillance of the entire Russian-speaking internet using artificial intelligence. Is it possible?
8 February
Alesya Marokhovskaya
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Irina Dolinina
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Sonya Savina
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Editors,
Polina Uzhvak
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Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
Stories
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The Case of Russian Censorship
How Roskomnadzor Protects Putin's Power
Russia’s main censor — Roskomnadzor — secretly monitors publications critical of Russian authorities on the internet. They generate reports that they then send to the security forces. What does it mean for Russian citizens?
8 February
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
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Irina Dolinina
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Polina Uzhvak
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Alesya Marokhovskaya
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Sonya Savina
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Anastasia Korotkova,
Rina Nikolaeva
Stories
Russia Began Recruiting the Unemployed to Send to War
They are offered a salary of 300,000 rubles per month
12 July
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
Stories
How Propagandists Incite Hatred towards Migrants, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs Accuses “Foreign Agents” of Doing So
IStories and Novaya Gazeta analyzed crime statistics, and also studied with the help of neural networks what pro-state media and media, recognized as foreign agents, write about migrants in order to debunk popular myths about non-residents
23 November
Alesya Marokhovskaya
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Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
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